Wisconsin Cheese Adds Value

When you turn cheeseburgers into Wisconsin Cheeseburgers, you’re not just adding extra flavor, you’re adding the prestige of award-winning quality. Quality your customers will pay a premium for.
Click HERE to visit the Wisconsin Cheese Burger page and get the recipe for the Wisconsin Gouda Garlic Burger shown below!

March BurgerBusiness Madness! Your ’09 Brackets Are Ready!

The NCAA will wait until Sunday, March 15, before announcing the 64 college teams going to the Big Dance this year. But burgers are too important to wait another week. So BurgerBusiness unveils the 64 burger concepts going head to head, bun to bun for this year’s crown as 2009 National Burger Champ.

There are a number of surprises in this year’s tournament, including the slide of preseason favorite The Counter to a No. 4 seed and veteran burger chain Fuddruckers managing only a No. 12 seed despite claiming to have the “world’s greatest hamburgers.” Several so-called “mid-major” burger brands made this year’s tournament for the first time, including unheralded Acme Burger Co. and Fiamma Burger, both in with No. 15 seeds, and fast-growing Smashburger, the No. 5 seed in the Kroc bracket.

Burger operations to watch in this year’s tournament? Don’t count out Bagger Dave’s Burger & Fries, home of the fabulous Train Wreck Burger, and Big Daddy’s Burger Bar, where guests can choose from among 11 types of cheese and 12 condiment toppings. They’ll be tough, but McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Jack in the Box got to be No. 1 seeds by defeating upstart chains.

Click the “Burgerbracket1″ link below to see the ’09 March BurgerBusiness Madness brackets spreadsheet. Fill it out as you wish or visit BurgerBusiness.com for regular updates on our picks of winners and losers. Game on.

I’m also excited to see Bagger Dave’s in the Final Four!! Love the fries double-fried in peanut oil, especially with buttermilk ranch. The sweet potato chips are teriffic as well. There’s something fun about checking off those boxes and building your own burger. My bro and SIL are huge In-N-Out fans, as am I now – gotta love their fries and “grilled cheese with grilled onions.” But I’ll be torn on who to cheer for if they both end up in the final round!

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The Burgers of the Month

The July Burger of the Month at Jake Melnick's Corner Tap in Chicago is the Chicken Chorizo Burger. That's a chicken and chorizo patty topped with avocado crema, charred corn pico de gallo and shredded lettuce on a brioche bun. To see the full list of July's Burger of the Month specials around the globe, click Burgers of the Month .